Another cool product we saw at Smart Grid Expo in Tokyo (Smart Energy Week 2013) was this portable solar-powered generator – ECO1800SJ – by Japanese solar company, XSOL. Simple in concept, but really useful for the right si[...]

We just got back from the kickoff of Smart Energy Week 2013 at Tokyo Big Sight – a sprawling expo covering the East and West wings of the massive building. On one side was the Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo (PV Expo 2013), on[...]

Precise GPS time-keeping, that automatically adjusts to your time zone. By developing a low-energy-consumption GPS receiver, Seiko has been able to create a watch that connects to the GPS network and uses it to identify both time of da[...]

Honda announced yesterday that they finally signed an agreement with the City of Saitama in Japan for the cooperation in Co2 reduction testing with Honda’s Mart Home System. This agreement will fist allow a really test drive of the usa[...]

According to AFP, Japan official are considering to actively enforce the installation of Solar Panels on every new structures in Japan either Houses or New building by 2030. While we did not hear anything official yet on this matter, t[...]

Solar powered watches are not something new, but we have to admit that Casio is a leader in this field with outstanding products available through its G-Shock and Oceanus series. At ECO PRODUCT 2010, Casio had a nice little booth where[...]

Today in Tokyo Sanyo, one of the leaders in photovoltaic technologies, announced the future mass-production of its record-breaking solar cell named Hit. Boasting an energy conversion rate of 21.6%, it is now the most efficient solar ce[...]

On TV a few days ago was mention of a United Nations Development Programme project in conjunction with Sanyo Electric to develop new products for third-world societies. At the fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Developmen[...]

The concept sounds brilliant! Equipped with thin solar panels and a DC plug, this strap has been designed by Weng Jie and allows you to charge your DSLR’s battery while on-the-move relieving you off the burden of carrying batteri[...]

Greendix, a Taiwan-based custom shape solar-panels supplier, showed what they can achieve with solar panels using their technology to come up with an un-conventional product: a solar football. Recently unveiled at the most relevant of [...]

LG Electronics announced yesterday in Korea, the launch of the first eco-friendly solar hybrid air conditioner. Using the solar energy to power the air conditioner via solar cell module attached to the top the outdoor unit, it will pro[...]

The summer season arrived..the beach..sea, sun, sand and of course music! Soulra may be what you have been looking for with its splash-proof rugged body, solar powered charging dock, and speaker functions for your iPod and iPhone. Comi[...]

Dubbed as “Dick Tracy” watch, the next-generation HP wristwatches (wrist-PCs) will be supplied for US-military use. Since the screen will be of flexible plastic it is considered to be more resistant in tough environments. T[...]

Last May, KDDI introduced the Solar Phone SH002, a phone capable to charge itself thanks to its solar panel. Today, 1 year later Sharp and KDDI announced the SH007, the 2nd generation of Solar phone now capable to get twice as much jui[...]

Green-House just unleash 3 new portable batteries mainly designed for Japanese mobile phones and their proprietary connectors, that’s however includes both the iPod/iPhone one and a mini USB. Depending of your model of choice you will [...]

Back in March 2009, Sanyo launched a new line-up of Eneloop Electric back alongside its first Solar Parking for Electric bike, and today, just a few minutes from where I live, Sanyo inaugurate another Solar Parking as well as providing[...]

Operating both as solar and dynamo charger, this device also features a diminutive size only W70 × H70 × D29mm and 3 LED lights on the side. It comes with an 18 cm pull type cable for dynamo charge and a separate 30 cm cable for solar [...]

How about some solar sound to cheer your soul up? These black and white speakers are built just to do that…to cheer you up with the power of sunlight…Their lithium-ion batteries are charged with solar power using the solar panels on th[...]

Sanyo Asia Pte Ltd has announced today the completion of the the Photovoltaic (PV) System within the Universal Studio theme park located in Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. The system utilizes 2,397 pieces of HIT (Heterojunction wit[...]

100 % solar-powered and made using recycled materials from Canon Digital Cameras, X Mark I calculator also emulates the design of the award-winning PowerShot Digital cameras and has increased memory capacity. You can opt for either bla[...]

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell. Unlike silicon-based solar cells, the most common type of solar cell in use today, the compound s[...]